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Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:06:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: linux bash compatibility
To: Steven Boothe <stevenb AT visualpurple DOT com>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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--- Steven Boothe <stevenb AT visualpurple DOT com> wrote:
> Hello and greetings to the list:
> 
> I am trying to find a cross-platform script that will rename file extensions
> for me. So far I have had some help finding a script that will work in the
> Linux bash environment, but it won't under the win98/cygwin bash shell...?
> What it does under win98/cygwin is rename the first file that matches the
> pattern and changes its' from "filename.htm" to "$.bar".
> 
> Can anyone help me find a way to implement this script so that it will work
> under cygwin / win98?
> 
> Here is the contents of the script I am currently working with:
> 
> for i in `ls -1 *.htm | cut -d. -f1`;
>  do mv $i.htm $.bar;
> done
> 
> I guess to put it another way: "How come this works under Linux and not
> win98?"
> 

Or, why is it wrong on Linux?  Look at your script again.  You've told it to
rename the file to $.bar and not $i.bar!!  This should create the file $.bar
for every occurance of $i.htm and you should end up with just one file named
$.bar with the contents of the last $i.htm.

Cheers,

=====
---
   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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